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Director:
Dzhanik Faiziyev
Writers:
Boris Akunin (novel)
Boris Akunin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 February 2005 (Belarus) more
Plot:
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
"Turkish Gambit" - I expected better! more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Egor Beroev ... Erast Petrovich Fandorin
Olga Krasko ... Varvara Suvorova
Marat Basharov ... Gridnev
Vladimir Ilyin ... Gen. Mizinov
Dmitri Pevtsov ... Zurov
Viktor Verzhbitskiy ... Lukan
Aleksandr Baluyev ... Gen. Sobolev
Aleksei Guskov ... Kazanzaki
Yuriy Kutsenko ... Ismail-Bei (as Gosha Kutsenko)
Andrei Krasko ... Non-comissionned Officer
Leonid Kuravlyov ... Retired Major

Yevgeni Lazarev ... Tsar Alexander II
Didier Bienaimé ... D'Hevrais
Viktor Bychkov
Sergey Gazarov ... Gubernator
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Турецкий гамбит (Russia)
Турски гамбит (Bulgaria: Bulgarian title)
Turkish Gambit (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Russia:130 min (theatrical version) | Russia:208 min (TV version)
Country:
Russia | Bulgaria
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bulgaria

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film is based on the second book written by Boris Akunin about Erast Fandorin. The first book ("Azazel") was made into a TV four-episode film starring Ilya Noskov as Fandorin. However, in the second film we see another actor playing the main character - Egor Beroev. Statskiy sovetnik (2005) - the third film of the series (and the seventh book) - introduces yet another actor in the role of Fandorin - Oleg Menshikov. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Viktor Bychkov's character speaks about the city of Murmansk. The film takes place in 1877. Murmansk, however, was not established until 1916. more
Movie Connections:
References Dom za vesanje (1988) more
Soundtrack:
Idem na Vostok more

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6 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
"Turkish Gambit" - I expected better!, 23 April 2006
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Author: Alexei Kalinov from Ukraine

First I have to ask. Why Studio Tritey loves to hate Russians? I know it is in Russia, but each movie is about horrifying deaths of Russians. This self-hate is not healthy.

Russians have to be the biggest idiots in the whole movie, except for Fandorin and Suvorova every other Russian character is either a traitor or an idiot. In reality Russian Forces were far more intelligent and imaginative during the Russo-Turkish War then the movie suggests. The Russian Army outsmarted the Turkish Army when it crossed the Danube at night catching the enemy with their guard down and seizing Russia's 1st victory of the war.

Do the writers wish the Turks won the war? Do they sympathize with the Ottoman Empire? If not, then why do the Turks seem like Military geniuses while the Russians look like morons? Osman Pasha's Envoy carries out deadly raids into Russian camps without much opposition. I was very disappointed. I hope 1st Channel never puts its name next to Studio Tritey again.

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